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Official Valverde thread.

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Wattie said:
Does LBL have the most shameful record of any classic?

Valverde x 3
Vino x 2
Hamilton
Di Lica
Rebellin
Iglinsky
Camenzind
Vandenbroucke
(Winners who have been sanctioned for doping violations.) That accounts for 11 editions since 1999

It's a roll call of shame. No other monument has quite such a litany of dopers on its list of winner in recent years.
The other monuments are all won by dopers too, but you're right, LBL seems to be getting most of the ones that are caught.
 
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Benotti69 said:
Seems riders have to wait till mid 30s for their peak......when most riders would be lucky to even have a contract!!!!!!!!!!

Make that early 40s... Just wait and see what Valv-Piti is capable of doing when being 42. He may even nuke grandpas Vuelta records.
 
He looks unstoppable at the moment. He looked to have something in hand when winning Fleche and Liege. Classics were always a better fit for him even though he managed to win a Vuelta. Interestingly in his last two wins he beat a 21 year old who seems to have a big future ahead of him.
 
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Teun de Wit ‏@teundewit Jul 24
@Digger_forum Taking a shot of an inhaler. Valverde surely has a TUE??? 1 k later he attacks...


SO - did anyone pick up on this ? is it for real ?
 
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happychappy said:
Can't wait till he gets into his 40s, he'll be taking off at the top of mountains and flying away. Flap flap flap.

I see what you did there...Horner reference, well done. But I foresee knee problems and then nobody wants him on their team..that is cycling for you. He will "retire" then be a director sporteif not long after.
 
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2,1,1 for Amstel, FW, Liege. 3rd Tour de France, 3rd best climber in the Tour. Huge natural talent but I won't rule out the use of performance enhancing drugs.
 
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Teun de Wit ‏@teundewit Jul 24
@Digger_forum Taking a shot of an inhaler. Valverde surely has a TUE??? 1 k later he attacks...


SO - did anyone pick up on this ? is it for real ?
Yes, I saw him taking something strange out of pocket and I thought "that's a strange energy bar", I wasn't thinking that it would be an inhaler, but it looked weird
 
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Teun de Wit ‏@teundewit Jul 24
@Digger_forum Taking a shot of an inhaler. Valverde surely has a TUE??? 1 k later he attacks...


SO - did anyone pick up on this ? is it for real ?
Doesn't look like an inhaler. More like a comlink. See this pic for comparison:

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